Aidan McLaughlin

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Articles

Turns Out Podcasters Make for Poor White House Reporters

2 weeks ago | mediaite.com | Aidan McLaughlin

For years, independent media has assailed the traditional press for a variety of alleged sins — a deference to experts, a censorious approach to fringe ideas, and perhaps most consistently, gentle handling if not outright support for Democrats.
Will AOC be the next leader of the Democrats?

3 weeks ago | thespectator.com | Aidan McLaughlin

What are we to make of an America in which David Brooks, the mild-mannered moderate of the New York Times opinion pages, calls for a “comprehensive national civic uprising” to fight back against the tyranny of President Donald Trump? It’s one in which the traditional thinking about how the Democratic party can wield power has been crushed to dust. It’s one in which voters, disillusioned by repeat defeats to Trump, have felt their hopelessness turn to rage.
Will AOC be the next leader of the Democrats?

3 weeks ago | spectator.com.au | Aidan McLaughlin

What are we to make of an America in which David Brooks, the mild-mannered moderate of the New York Times opinion pages, calls for a “comprehensive national civic uprising” to fight back against the tyranny of President Donald Trump? It’s one in which the traditional thinking about how the Democratic party can wield power has been crushed to dust.
CuomoGPT: former governor uses AI to co-author housing plan

4 weeks ago | thespectator.com | Kate Andrews |Aidan McLaughlin |Rod Liddle |Ben Domenech

If you were worried about disgraced former governor Andrew Cuomo being too “hands-on” during his run for New York mayor, fear not: the Love Gov’s campaign has an impersonal touch to it. Local news site Hell Gate exposed how the 29-page housing plan released by the Cuomo campaign bore the hallmarks of being partially put together using ChatGPT. One particularly unparsable passage: Mischief, mayhem and Washington gossip from The Spectator’s intrepid beat reporter.
China is ready for a trade war with America

1 month ago | thespectator.com | Ian Williams |Curtis Yarvin |Aidan McLaughlin |Peter Pomerantsev

China hit back on Wednesday with an additional 50 percent tariff on US imports, matching the extra levy imposed overnight by Donald Trump on Chinese goods. That made the running totals 104 percent so far from Washington, vs 84 percent from Beijing, prompting one analyst to compare them to two racing cars driving straight at each other in a high stakes game of chicken.
Trump is going to give us a thousand years of woke

1 month ago | thespectator.com | Ed West |Daniel McCarthy |Curtis Yarvin |Aidan McLaughlin

Itry to avoid expressing strong opinions on foreign party politics, because I enjoy the luxury of not having to. From an outside perspective, American politics seems dominated by two quite extreme fringes, the only difference being that the mad things believed by Democrats tend to be aped by British elites, and therefore have an impact on our everyday lives here.
Can the Democrats rediscover themselves in the age of Trump?

1 month ago | thespectator.com | Aidan McLaughlin

Even on the placid streets of London’s Mayfair, James Carville cannot find peace. “Every five minutes I get stopped and asked about Chuck Schumer,” says the Democratic strategist when I speak to him. “I can’t even enjoy a $30 martini by myself.”Carville’s party is in dire straits.
Can the Democrats rediscover themselves in the age of Trump?

1 month ago | spectator.com.au | Aidan McLaughlin

Even on the placid streets of London’s Mayfair, James Carville cannot find peace. “Every five minutes I get stopped and asked about Chuck Schumer,” says the Democratic strategist when I speak to him. “I can’t even enjoy a $30 martini by myself.”Carville’s party is in dire straits.
May

1 month ago | thespectator.com | Curtis Yarvin |Aidan McLaughlin |Ryan Girdusky |Daniel McCarthy

The Democratic war machine What’s significant for the American left today is not what keeps communism going, but what gets it startedErdoğan’s position is starting to look shaky The death of the biggest Muslim democracy in the region should be ringing serious alarm bells across the free worldI’m hobbled by my own hypocrisy about cats George is a large gray kitten with disproportionately big ears and I didn’t plan for him or want himWhy I stick up for marriage I like being married.
Fox News Host Lara Trump Pulls Out of GOP Fundraiser That Violated Network Rule Against Campaigning

1 month ago | mediaite.com | Aidan McLaughlin |Zachary Leeman

Fox News host Lara Trump has pulled out of a fundraiser for a Republican gubernatorial candidate, an appearance that would have violated a network rule against talent appearing at political events, Mediaite has learned. The New Jersey Globe reported Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law was set to headline an event in support of Bill Spadea, a Republican running for governor in New Jersey, later this month. The event is being held at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster.